Vico Astemio In Riposto

20/12/2024: Great service and food. Best restaurant experience in Catania

17/12/2024: You always return to where you had a good time. This is what I said once I booked the table at Coria. Fresh from the sublime experience we had two years ago in Caltagirone and after wanting to try other starred restaurants that didn't stand up to the comparison, we returned as guests of the two starred chefs Patti and Colonnetta. I was waiting for this moment like children wait for Christmas and after taking a seat in a modern and minimal room we began our journey. We opted for the 7-course tasting course at the end of which we were full and satisfied. The wine we chose was the one we tasted two years ago and which struck us for its flavor and quality (you don't get a headache and you don't feel sleepy), Marco de Bartoli's Vigna Verde. The sommelier Laura, precise in her explanations, reassured us of the excellent choice but still perfectly illustrated to us what other options we could have tried. Once the wine was served, our journey through Sicily began among tastes that were so well known but at the same time foreign to our taste buds. From the aperitif to the small pastries passing through the stuffed cuttlefish, the red mullet, the interludes such as the melon semifreddo with raw ham and carob foam and the turnip in three consistencies it was an explosion of flavours, smells and textures for us. Honorable mention for the bread products and the bottarga butter. Having returned from a terrible experience in another Michelin-starred restaurant, I was a little afraid of the risotto which instead turned out to be sublime. So what can I say? Thanks to the chefs, specifically to chef Patti who we were honored to have met and to the whole team. Thanks also go to those who work in the dining room and specifically to Mr. Luca and Mrs. Laura who served us impeccably and made us feel at home between one chat and another.